Cameras to Catch Terrorists Triple in New York
Is it big brother, or is it prudent anti-terror precaution? Regardless of which, installing cameras in the public square continues at record pace, and New York is halfway through its project to install 3,000.
New York City is almost halfway to its goal of installing 3,000 cameras as part of a network to monitor signs of terrorism, about triple the number it had in June.
The spurt in additions to the $201 million initiative, which officials said is to be completed by 2013, may represent an increased urgency to finish the project. It comes in a year that saw federal convictions starting in June based on plots to bomb Times Square, John F. Kennedy International Airport and synagogues in the Bronx.